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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1945
Page
4
Notice from The Evening Star Winchester Virginia asks subscribers to report delays or irregularities to improve delivery. It credits DeLisser Inc as national representative and outlines office deadlines for ads and publication details.
The notice lists subscription prices by mail or motor route and by carrier with terms in advance, including annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly rates. It concludes with a Bible verse from Proverbs.
The editorial argues that OPA bungling worsens food shortages and that Herbert Hoover's twelve proposals could restore supply. It cites wartime success, current local famines, and the need for Congress to consider a decisive reorganization of food production and distribution to avert worsening conditions.
General MacArthur says he would welcome General George S. Patton Jr. and any other capable soldiers to his command. Patton is slated to lead the Third Army in Germany but has sought a reduction in rank to fight the Japanese while MacArthur seeks drone capable leadership for the war effort.
The article portrays General MacArthur as realistic about Japanese power and urges a maximum Allied push for final victory. It notes reconsidering postwar roles for defeated-Germany generals and cites Gen Joseph Stilwell's assignment to lead the Tenth Army, stressing he is not a desk general.
Col. J Mon roe Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation says a general travel rationing system is impractical due to staffing and criteria gaps. He notes civilian rail service declines and urges voluntary compliance with a six point program to limit civilian travel and conserve transport resources amid rising military movement.
In a Congress address during a victory celebration, General Eisenhower stresses unity among Allies to deter separate annihilation and urges belief in a noble peace. He cites the United Nations at San Francisco and the need for a strong but humane world organization to preserve peace, saying the problems of peace must be met.
One year ago Lt Ralph R Summel of this city, B 24 bomber pilot, received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Lt Richard Whiting is promoted to first lieutenant after completing 42 missions in Italy where he is stationed. Five years ago G O P nominated Wendell Willkie and sparked a lively, though contested, convention.
Ten years ago Yellow Transparent and Duchess apples appear in markets while Virginia crops run light. Miss Elsie Dinsmore Pope and Mr Rousseau Martin wed in Rockville Maryland on Saturday, as announced.
Twenty years ago Mary Madge Abshire, ten, was bitten on the foot by a copperhead and taken to Memorial Hospital in Winchester. Hunter Cornwell of Bethel died while swimming with friends near his Clarke County home. a Winchester man had drowned at the same Shenandoah river point years earlier.
The Supreme Court orders WV to settle debt with Virginia per its long suit or face added interest. Robert Lansing is named Secretary of State by President Wilson to replace resigning William Jennings Bryan after illness from blood poisoning.
An editorial reflects on a murder convict whose mother writes a compassionate note. The piece argues that even flawed lives can hold redeeming value and that divine justice reconciles human mercy with ultimate reckoning. The mother’s devotion is praised as evidence that goodness endures.
A print quiz asks which auto company produced and exploited the first hand built model of a 1946 automobile and includes items on world war era topics.
A Boston reader asks what communism really is and why it may dominate Europe. The column argues the Russian system blends communal farm ownership with controlled industry, labels it socialism or fascism by misnomer, and traces dictatorship tactics from Marx to Lenin to Stalin, then to Mussolini and Hitler.
Community roundup lists Miss Lois Hershman returning from Trout Run W Va and Miss Anna Belle McDonald from Alexandria visiting family. The piece notes residents visiting relatives, births of a son to Roy and wife, and several local trips and health updates. Seaman 1-c Marvin Eastep of Norfolk visits with Lena Estep.
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